Overview

• The episode, 'The Story & the Engine,' is set in a Lagos barber shop and showcases storytelling as a central theme in both plot and character development.
• Nigerian-British playwright Inua Ellams becomes the first Black man to write for Doctor Who, with the episode featuring a fully BIPOC cast.
• The Doctor’s Black identity is celebrated as he finds acceptance and belonging in Lagos, a contrast to challenges faced elsewhere in his travels.
• Jo Martin reprises her role as the Fugitive Doctor in a cameo that ties into the show’s exploration of its complex canon and hidden past incarnations.
• A climactic montage revisits past Doctors, reinforcing the show’s legacy while introducing new cultural and narrative dimensions to the franchise.